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Penelope’s Bones: A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It
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The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege
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Jumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the Nineteenth-Century Circus
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Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life
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Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America’s Imperiled Forests 
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A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 
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How to Grow Stuff: Easy, no-stress gardening for beginners
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Good Girls Gossip: Find Your Female Power
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Ayam Buah Keluak and the Art of Writing: a memoir on living creatively
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Feminism: A Graphic Guide
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Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education
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Patternalia: An Unconventional History of Polka Dots, Stripes, Plaid, Camouflage, & Other Graphic Patterns
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Our New Social Life: Science-Backed Strategies for Creating Meaningful Connection
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Rich Girl Nation: Taking Charge of Our Financial Futures
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How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously
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Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence
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The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington’s Most Famous Hostess
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Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put
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The Eyes of Gaza
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The Book of Possibilities: Words of Wisdom on the Road to Becoming
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Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
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Grand Finales: The Creative Longevity of Women Artists
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Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance
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Art Above Everything: One Woman’s Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life
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Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
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Floored: A Woman’s Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage
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Speaking in Tongues 
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Mythic Plants: Potions and Poisons from the Gardens of the Gods
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Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books
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Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice
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I Cried to Dream Again: Trafficking, Murder, and Deliverance – A Memoir
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Searching for Annabel Chong: Demystifying the Legend of Singapore’s Most Famous Pornstar
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They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals
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Hark: How Women Listen
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Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed My Life
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Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career
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Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster: The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War
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A Wisdom Of Age
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What My Father and I Don’t Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence (What We Don’t Talk About, Book 2)
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The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
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I Got You Babe: A Celebration of Cher
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Choose Your Self: How to Embrace Being Single, Heal Core Wounds, and Build a Life You Love
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I’ll Look So Hot in a Coffin: And Other Thoughts I Used to Have About My Body
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Trust Your Mind: Embracing Nuance in a World of Self-Silencing
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Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science
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Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
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What Is Wrong with Men: Patriarchy, the Crisis of Masculinity, and How (Of Course) Michael Douglas Films Explain Everything
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A Clean Mess: A Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being Numb
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On Immunity: An Inoculation
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The Ambition Trap: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living
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Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America
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When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors
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This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial
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Just For One Day: Adventures in Britpop
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The Miniature Painter Revealed: Amalia Kussner’s Gilded Age Pursuit of Fame and Fortune
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Doing It All: The Social Power of Single Motherhood
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Clam Down: A Metamorphosis
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The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp
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Dirty Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family
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Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures
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Naked in the Rideshare: Stories of Gross Miscalculations
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Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global 
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Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees: The Friendliest Guide to Personal Finance
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A Different Kind of Power
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Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse
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The Apothecary’s Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity
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Who Deserves Your Love: How to Create Boundaries to Start, Strengthen, or End Any Relationship
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Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice 
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The Complete Bone and Joint Health Plan: Help Prevent and Treat Osteoporosis and Arthritis
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Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary
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Frantumaglia: A Writer’s Journey
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The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe
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The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
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Don’t Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles – and All of Us
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The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
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Healing from Reproductive Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors of Traumatic Infertility Journeys, Pregnancies, and Births
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Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts
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Aesthetic Labour: Rethinking Beauty Politics in Neoliberalism
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Empire of Purity: The History of Americans’ Global War on Prostitution
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Merlin Stone Remembered: Her Life and Works
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Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
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Bard, Kinetic
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Faces on Screen: New Approaches
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Big Girls Don’t Cry: A Memoir About Taking Up Space
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Brain: An Owner’s Guide
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Makers and Takers: How Wall Street Destroyed Main Street
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The True Happiness Company
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Changing of The Gods: Feminism and the End of Traditional Religions 
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Emily Post’s Business Etiquette
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Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange
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Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump
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Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men
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Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife
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Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches
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Lionessheart: The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet
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Nightshining
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Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
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Reminiscences of a Student’s Life
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Always Home, Always Homesick
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The Snag: A Mother, a Forest, and Wild Grief 
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The Wanderer’s Curse: A Memoir
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Women Holding Things & Still Life with Remorse
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Grass Isn’t Greener: The Everyday Conservationist’s Guide to Bringing Nature to Your Yard
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Feminism in Revolt: An Anthology 
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Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility
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Going Menopostal: What You (and Your Doctor) Need to Know About the Real Science of Menopause and Perimenopause
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The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace
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The Lost Voice: A Memoir
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Speaking of Feminism: Today’s Activists on the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Women’s Movement
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The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo
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Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks
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All Roads Lead to Rome: Why We Think about the Roman Empire Daily
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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power
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Cycle Breakers: Free Yourself from Emotionally Immature Parents and Be the Parent You Wish You’d Had
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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI 
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
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Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens
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Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
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Things in Nature Merely Grow
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Aggregated Discontent: Confessions of the Last Normal Woman
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Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism
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Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us
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Hashtag
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The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny
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Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America
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The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf: On the Myth of LGBTQ+ Solidarity
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Second Life
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How to Age Against the Machine: An Empowering Guide for Women Ageing on Their Own Terms
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So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color
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Stars to Steer By: Celebrating the 20th century women who went to sea
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Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
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Gulag: A History
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America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
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Desire Paths
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Align Your Mind: Tame Your Inner Critic and Make Peace with Your Shadow Using the Power of Parts Work
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Feminism and the Cinema of Experience
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Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York
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Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life
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But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
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The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
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The Neurodiversity Edge: The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization
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Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder
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How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time
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A Manual for Being Human
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The Mother Code: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Myths That Shape Us
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The Book Your Cat Wishes You Would Read
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The Book Your Dog Wishes You Would Read
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Lessons from My Teachers: From Preschool to the Present
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How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality
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This Is Your Mother: A Memoir
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The Science of Sex: Every Question About Your Sex Life Answered
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Walk Yourself Well: Step into a Healthier, Happier You
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It’s Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis (and How to Thrive Despite It)
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
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Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them
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Hear Me Roar
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The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation
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Broken Silence: Voices of Japanese Feminism
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Green River, Running Red
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
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Plantopedia: The Definitive Guide to Houseplants
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Bee Reaved
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No Labels Here: A Day-to-day Guide for Parenting Children with Neurodiverse Needs
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Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land
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We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions
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At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom
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Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II
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Is Peace Possible?
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Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries
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Silly Novels by Lady Novelists
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This Way Up: Old Friends, New Love, and a Map for the Road Ahead
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Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction
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A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting
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Everyday Intuition: What Psychology, Science, and Psychics Can Teach Us About Finding and Trusting Our Inner Voice
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Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed & Stolen Work
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Show, Don’t Tell: A Writer, Her Teacher, and the Power of Sharing Our Stories
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Understanding Octavia E. Butler
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Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways
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Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
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Love Me!
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Person in Progress: A Road Map to the Psychology of Your 20s
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selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee
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Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century
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Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats
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Wave: A Memoir
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(Un)Stuck
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Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes
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Uptown Girl: A Memoir
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This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir
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No Words for This
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The Solace of Open Spaces
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Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words
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Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy
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Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf
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Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
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Healing Pelvic Pain
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Shooting Out the Lights
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Inside and Out: A Story of Family, Self and Sport
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Suffragettes to She-Devils: Women’s Liberation and Beyond
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Wendat Women’s Arts 
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